Occidental College
Pre-Health Advising
Opportunities
Listed below, by region, are various volunteering opportunities in the Los Angeles area.
Health Professions Volunteer Opportunities
Glendale/Pasadena Area
Contact: Mary Jayne Johnstone
100 W. California Blvd.
P.O. Box 7013
Pasadena CA 91109-7013
(626) 397-5208
Description: The volunteer program offers opportunities in many departments including patient care units, cancer center, patient escort, skilled nursing facility, short stay surgery and emergency room. Assignments are made according to interests, qualifications, availability and need for a service. Time commitment requirements: Must serve a four-hour minimum shift per week. Students must volunteer fifty (50) hours of service per semester.
Glendale Adventist Medical Center
509 Wilson Terrace
Glendale, CA 91206
(818) 409-8057
Fax: (818) 546-5687
Description: Involves direct patient care or administrative tasks. Free meals, parking, and health screenings for volunteers. Call to find out more information.
Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center
1420 S. Central Avenue
Glendale, CA 91024
(818) 409-7621
Description:
Opportunities are available for volunteer support during the hours of 8:00 am to 8:00 pm throughout the hospital. We require a minimum commitment of one 4-hour day per week for 6 months, and purchase of a uniform top for $15.00. No walk-ins; please call for an interview.
Los Angeles
California Hospital Medical Center
1401 S. Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90015
(213) 742-6299
Description: The volunteer program offers opportunities in many departments including patient care units, cancer center, patient escort, skilled nursing facility, short stay surgery and emergency room. Assignments are made according to interests, qualifications, availability and need for a service. Time commitment requirements: Must serve a four-hour minimum shift per week. Students must volunteer fifty (50) hours of service per semester.
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
4650 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
(323) 660-2450
Description: CHLA is currently accepting applications for volunteers who serve as patient and family escorts. Time commitment requirements: Six-months, minimum, Monday through Friday.
3324 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(323) 660-7959
Description: Many volunteer opportunities such as front office, blood pressure readings, weighing patients, lab work, medical and social service, health care administration, and medical assisting. Asking for a volunteer commitment of one clinic shift (4-6 hours) per week for 6 months. Days and hours vary.
Los Angeles County + USC County Hospital
Short term volunteering in conjunction with the LAC+USC Health Care Network
1200 N. State Street, Room 1817
Los Angeles, CA 90033
(323) 226-6951
Description:
Short-term volunteer opportunities include: Child Care Program, Physician Assistant Helper (100 hr. minimum commitment), Inpatient Care and other areas.
Los Angeles County + USC Women's & Children's Hospital
LAC+USC Medical Center
1240 N. Mission Road
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Description: Opportunities are available in the following areas.: Translators: bilingual volunteers are especially needed in the clinic areas to help give instructions to parents & patients, working closely with members of the hospital’s medical team; Child Life Program: assists staff with simple art and play projects to help keep the children distracted, especially in cases where painful medical procedures are necessary; CARES Child Care Center: age children whose mothers or siblings are being treated in the clinics or the hospital; and other volunteer opportunities. Requirements: Prospective volunteers must attend an orientation to the hospital, including a tour, prior to service; also, health screening for Rubella and tuberculosis are required prior to service. Benefits: letters of recommendation are provided to each volunteer upon completion of 100 hours of service; free parking or bus tokens are available for all volunteers; a complimentary meal in the Doctor’s Dining Room is provided to volunteers who serve a minimum of fours hours each day. Contact Volunteer Services for any additional requirements.
8405 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(323) 653-8622
Description: Clinic settting volunteer positions are open in the following departments: dental, medical administration, medical records, licensed professionals (clinicians, dentists). Application information is available online.
Greater Los Angeles Area
1500 East Duarte Road
Duarte, CA 91010
(626) 256-4673 ex. 64049
Description: The volunteer service program at the City of Hope offers a variety of experience including working along side physicians, nurses and researchers. Must participate in an orientation and training program from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon. Orientation and training programs offered three times a year.
Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital
Marina Campus
333 N. Prairie Avenue
Inglewood, CA 90301
(310) 674-7050 ex. 3211
Description: A lot of volunteer opportunities in the Emergency Room, Dial-A-Volunteer (errand service throughout the hospital), admitting, Medical Records, Business Office, Menus & Nutrition. Call Monday through Friday between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm for more information. Monthly Orientation. Now also volunteer opportunities with Centinela and Marina hospitals as well.
Kaiser Permanente
Tri-Central Hospice Program
12200 Bellflower Blvd.
Downey, CA 90242
(526) 622-3805
Description: Kaiser Permanente is seeking caring individuals to volunteer for their Hospice program, working with terminally ill patients and their families. The program honors the basic principle of Hospice care, that is to help terminally ill patients recapture the spirit of living and make the most of the remaining time of their lives with family and friends. The hospice philosophy is to treat the person instead of the disease, focus on the patient and the family and emphasize the quality of life instead of its duration. Hospice volunteers donate 4 hours a week to visiting patients or doing errands for them or their care-givers. Volunteers are assigned duties in communities close to their homes. Volunteers are given 20 hours of free training before being assigned. Those interested should call the Volunteer Coordinator for an application and additional information.
604 Rose Ave.
Venice, CA 90291
Volunteer Services Manager
(310) 664-7532
Description: The Volunteer Services department offers a variety of opportunities to get involved in nearly every aspect of the Clinic’s operations. Interests and experience of volunteers are matched with the Clinic’s needs and priorities in administration, fundraising, medical, and social services.
12625 Frederick Street Ste. 1-5 #320
Moreno Valley, CA 92557
vinmarsolutions@hughes.net
Description: Vinmar Solutions can help future dental students focus on the techniques before experiencing this problem in dental school. Vinmar Solutions offers one and two day courses to help pre-dental students toward their professional goal. Many pre-dental students appreciate the hands on experience the course offers.
- Phone: (323) 259-2665
- Email: awood@oxy.edu